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As a CEO & recruiter that’s hired dozens of engineers, I’ve never looked at someone’s degree, only the recent projects they’ve worked on. My exposure is exclus
by awb 4y ago
As a CEO & recruiter that’s hired dozens of engineers, I’ve never looked at someone’s degree, only the recent projects they’ve worked on.
My exposure is exclusive to startups (typically < 50 ppl), but many have been very successful.
And these roles are typically mid & Sr. level web, mobile & AI roles.
This works because at a startup you usually need to be good at teaching yourself and innovating, which is a skill that successful self-taught developers usually have mastered.
If you’re looking at different roles or at different size companies or can’t get exposure to interesting projects then you might find a CS degree worthwhile.
- peteradio 4y ago> I’ve never looked at someone’s degree, only the recent projects they’ve worked on. So you can't say whether its actually a valuable signal?
- faeriechangling 4y agoHe can say that. It's not a valuable signal for a student if recruiters aren't looking for it.
- peteradio 4y agoIf he picks his candidates based on prior projects, how does he know that all those candidates he picks aren't because they have comp sci degrees? Getting a degree isn't getting your visa stamped, it means you should be able to do some things better now that you've been trained.
- chitowneats 4y agoMore like: "I make my living in part by doing this. I don't personally find it valuable."
- kazinator 4y agoDo you process at any fresh grads out of school who don't have work experience? What are the recent projects in that case? Some Advent of Code stuff on github?